Letters to the Editor - Feb. 23, 2013

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Feb 23, 2013 at 3:15 AM

To the editor: I visited the CVHS animal shelter recently to drop off cat food. It took me weeks to deliberate on whether to go or not. I am a supporter of CVHS in donations, but I haven’t been in a very long time because I always think I’m going to start crying since I absolutely lost it the last time I went.

Well, it wasn’t too sad this time. They had about 10 cats or so due to a reduction in fees for the month of February for $14. Four of the cats were out of their cages lounging around and one beautiful cat was playing with toys. Darcy was another gorgeous and friendly cat. I opened up several of the cages and petted the cats for about 40 minutes. It was so gratifying and I plan to go back and brush all the cats and bring more food with me.

The cages were exceptionally clean and had as much comfort as a cage can have. If you cannot adopt a pet right now, please visit the animals that are there. Many of them were purring and extremely friendly. They hope to start building their new shelter soon.

Please donate and take advantage of their reduced adoption fees for another week. Check their website often as there are many events coming up. Thank you and much appreciation to all the Staff and Volunteers that work there.

Linda Merullo

Dover

To the editor: Recently I read the list of reductions for the Rochester educational budget. The cuts were across the board, serious, and included staff and programs that said I could not accept the words of the chair of the special services committee who reported that there was no room in their bare bones budget. I was lost for words as to why the extra 20 school days at the magnet school were not at least listed!

In the real world there is no serious amount of research which supports the 20 extra practice with tongue-in-cheek teachers will accent the program. But in reality their support is guided by their economic gains.

The BOE does not give transportation to the magnet school when other schools are not in session. The extra 20 days comes under the classification of throwing money at eduction. All who are concerned regarding reductions in the BOE budget should request a line by line budget for the 20 extra days. Do not hesitate to ask question challenge the level of thinking of the board of education members

Richard Gale

Rochester

To the editor: On Nov. 21, President Obama said “I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending (The Sequester)”.

Now President Obama claims to be against the sequester, which was his idea 1.5 years ago, as confessed a week ago on Fox News by his spokesman Jay Carney.

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer confirmed this with Gloria Borger soon after.

Perhaps the polls changed?

David Martin

Dover

To the editor: In 2010, in an election that many of us will remember for years as the first election after the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United that the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions, million of dollars were spent in New Hampshire to influence our votes. Only $60,000 of that money was reported; none of the biggest spenders even registered with the Secretary of State.

The Supreme Court has said that disclosure will ensure that our elections are transparent without interfering with free speech. They said: “Transparency enables the electorate to make informed decisions and give proper weight to different speakers and messages.” But it is up to the legislatures at the federal and state levels to pass laws mandating disclosure.

There is legislation moving through New Hampshire’s House and Senate that will close the loophole in our campaign finance laws that allowed all that undisclosed money to be spent in our two recent elections. There was $19 million spent by outside groups in the governor’s race alone last year. Tell your legislators that you expect them to vote for this legislation. It’s essential for our democracy to work.

Beth Olshansky

Durham

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